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If you can't think of what to write, tough luck; write anyway. If you can think of lots more when you've finished the three pages, don't write it; it'll be that much easier to get going next day.

— Philip Pullman

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✓Similar Perspectives

When I'm writing, I try not to think things like, 'Gosh, I have to finish writing this book.' Books are very long and it's easy to get discouraged. Instead I think to myself, 'Wow, I have this great story idea, and today I'm going to write two pages of it. That's all - just two pages.'

— Linda Sue Park

Writing is agony for me. I work at it eight hours every day, hoping to get six pages, but I am satisfied with three.

— Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

As a writer, you have to first of all write what you want to. Listen to advice, by all means, but don't get bogged down in it.

— Joe Abercrombie

The whole excitement for writing anything is quite intense. And for a day or two, you think you've done everything extremely well. The problems start on the third day, and continues for the rest of your life.

— Tom Stoppard

I know what I'm going to write for the next three years. It's frustrating, because if I get a good new idea, I have to put it aside.

— Bruce Coville

If you are stymied as a writer, if it's just not coming together, then take the pressure off and don't feel that you need to write 1,000 words today; just write one really good sentence.

— Chris Bohjalian

Writing is an extremely rewarding and humbling process, and I've learned to go with it, that even if it feels absolutely impossible, I will find a way to tell the next story.

— Marie Lu

Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing about is easier than writing, and chances are, it will give you your way in.

— Laini Taylor

Read the kinds of things you want to write; read the kinds of things you would never write. Learn something from every writer you read.

— Khaled Hosseini

✗Opposing Perspectives

Spend more time working before you write page one. Then, the story - at least parts of it - will feel as though it is writing itself.

— Douglas Brunt